Means for operating car-doors.



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MEANS FOR OPERATING GAR DOORS,

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1,1918.

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MEANS FOR OPERATING GAR DOORS APPLICATION FILED NOV 1 1913. 1,1 17,798, Patented N0v.17, 1914.

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MEANS FOR OPERATING GAR DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1913. r 1 1 1? ?98, Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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"WALLACE M. CUTLER. OF FREEPORT. KEV] YORK, ASSIGNOR- TO BOX CAB FLUSH 170GB. GOFBIPANY, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.. A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

IJIEANS FOB OPERATING- CAR-DOORS.

Application filed November 1. 1913.

lrreept in the county of l\as.-au and btate of Now i ork, ht e invt'ntt d certain now and useful improvements in Means for Operating iar-Doors; and i do horvhy declare the itollowine to be a full, clear, and exact doseri 'itiion ot the invention. such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for operating doors. and has for its object" to produce an apparatus os 'ieeialy adapted for operating ear doors. which will be simplo in eons-criterion. comparatively iriexpens-ire to nianut'aeturo and 111(1'0 eliiriont in a 'tion than Lllt iTt'Dtt)fOl'C proposed.

ll ith these and other objects in view. the invention tUIiSiSiS in tho nwel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter tli iil tjtl and partieularlv pointrd out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings firming a part oi thi. piirilieatiou in whiz-h like numerals tlosignate like parts in all the views :"hig'ure l. is a side elevatit'uial view ot a oar and door with my invention applied thr ce-to; Fig. '2 is a sectional view taken on tho lino Fig. 1; Fig. ii; is a view similar to Fi 1. hut showing the door in its partially open position; Fig. l is a sectional \imv :1 on tho line i--t of 3; Fig. 5 is .nlo eleiutional riew of a .sliglitl modified form i the operating port-ion o'l nrv inie-tion; 3 a side olevational view oti'a Further slightly moditiod form of the operating: portion oi my inventi n; Fi

T is a detail elevation view of a roller and housing or a casting roiiperating therewith: Fig". 5 is an 0nd taevalional viow partially in settion oi tho partsshown in Fig. T: and. Fig. is an end t-lvvational i to partially in SOl'liUli of the oporating portion of my invontion.

1 indicates an;' -niiahl-o which. sin-h as a railroad (:EI'I I. a 'l-Uor; it. a top rail or guide i r the door :3; l. a bottom rail or support to." said d or; 5 stops carried hr tho rar l ozlv to iimit the sliding inoveni nt' of tho door :2; ti, supports for the rail -l-: and '7, combined guides and stops for the door 2 75;; Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 798,735.

mounted on the -ar body near the edge of tho opening for said door.

1 preferably provide spring controlled guides adapted to contaet with the upper rail which guides are mounted on the upper ends f the vertical rods or supports 1) and for the door. The lower end 27 of the rod it is mounted for oscillation in a casting :71- earrying a roller ll. The said roller is adapted to rest upon and travel along tho upper edge of the supporting rail 4.

ig'idlv sernroil nea the upper end of the rod 5) is the hinge lever member 13 through tho end of which pass-'35 the hinge pin 14 carried by the countersunk casting 15 wise. near tho upper end of the rod 10 is the lover-like hinge u'icu'iber 16 rigidly serurod to said rod 10 at one end, and rotatahly secured to the pin 17 carried by the iOH llttl'ntlllh' casting l8 mounted on the other edge of tho dorr 2. In the same way, rigidly .TCL'lll'ttl near the lower end of the rod 9 is the hinge member 90 associated with the hinge pin 21 oarriod bv the casting '22; and near tho lower r-nd of the rod 10 is the similar hinge member rigid with said rod and associated with the hinge pin 2 l carried h the eastinu' "25 mounted on the door; In like ma unor. lot-ated below the hinge tn-ember 23 is the casting carrying the roller 12 and the lower end of the rod 10 is tilted to oscillate in said rastiug 28. 29 represents metal guards secured near the edge of the door 2 in order to prevent. injury to said door when it controls with the stops In like manner. the guard 30 located near the opposite edge of the door 2 protects the aid edge when it oruitat'fs with the upper gunk and top T, whilo that portion 3t of t e ousting {2S3 likewise PIOUPLH th said 1 whom it t-ontar-ts with the lower stop 7.

lliji' d with the rusting 23 is the extrusion forming a slot 33. and in th s slot. the pi ot pin 31 is adapted to rooiprt'icato. The said pin -H- carried by an L-shaped lover ha vino a handle portion '13 and an opera ting port on 36. the 10W}? end of which, as seen in Fig. 3. CtIIXiOS the pin 37. The said pin 37 passes through the connecting rod 38,

it also passing through said Fig. l to the position slit and rod 9 would tend to move along the rail at,

casting 26 in a direction parallel 9 parallel to said rai pulled outward toward said port 9, is caused to slide a Jug 5,0 pulling each ed e of the door bo h 6 0 26 and 2S, resp which in turn passes thro ried by the casting l the r0d38 passes through a on the casting 26, and seer 5 means of the pin 4L2 Whi rod 38, as Well throu ing roller 11, as will be clear the drawings. 'lhe lever 35 h by the pin 37 to the 2"1 love dent that as the said clockwise direction se pin 3% a center, the said 3 in the slot 33 from the po the castingZSwere ii. tion would tend toto the left as seen in Fig. casting 28 still he held 4: toward the left and there 14- and the edge of the door I .i

he ort 9 and the Wall of the car. T M

n l {sting 26 will, under such et the casting 26 is pro and 56, Fig. 9, which l and because the rod 38 rigid 1n the guide l1, and'thereiore practice, however, the castiir" tionary, as above supposed, to also slide along the rail 4, a' the rod support 10, as Well. as

simultaneously, and to th :ehy distances apart. I

A little consideration will show that in each case there will he a resolved component wvard and in a direction perpenr.

the rail 4. .l urther it that both the supports 9 and .o H v on their axes during the motion above de- 55 scribed, and when the motion is reversed,

r as. opposi re they Will-turn on their axes i he clear direction; .That' is to say, as 1 l supports 9111111710 oscillate in their outings Qhctively, as Well as in the upper guides. 8, see that t oscillating Ino- "'1' "c; the

.tion produces a torque o M 16, so that the from a'comp'arison oil 2 and 4-, he said upper: hinge levers 13 a hear its-four corners. The. door may he moved, along the said rail s-iuitil it contacts with the stops 5, when it will be fully opened.

It will now be clear that the pivot 37 is really a floating pivot and that the action of the lever 35 is to separate the rods 9 and 10. Further, it will be seen that this separ tier. of said rods will cause the pins bl and 17 to move outwardly with the door, and surit'aces 4&5 and 46 of the countersui iiigs 15 and 18, respectively, to cont. said hin e levers l3 and 16, thereby l the outi'vard motion of the door as clear from Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The door being opened, as above discloses, it is evident it may be readily closed by 31.n-

ly pushing it along the rails l and t until 1 comes opposite the opening in the "all, whereupon a. reverse motion of i 5 Will bring the parts to their closed 11, as indicated in Fig. 2. An important feature of invention s in the fact that the supports 0 rods and 10 are moved in opposite directions in opening the door, and further, pivots 1% and 17 are countersunk iii the door, to such an extent, that when the door is fully opened, the rods 9 and'lfl, as 'WQll as the levers 13 and 15, are so nearly in line with the door, as not to project beyond its outer surface. in other Words, if the pivots l-l and 17 were not countersunk, and the rods 9 and 10 still placed Within the line of the door, there would not he a sufiicient inclination of the levers to close the door. "ated in another Way, the rail being located as is usual onthe ears,'the levers l3 and 16 would not, in the case, Sl'l posed, be inclined as illustrated, and therefore the re verse motion of the lever 35 would close he door. Again, by countersihlring the ivots and 17, the parts do not come outp side of the line of the door, and the do her a or being brushed oil. 1n transit 1s avoided.

outward movement of the parts also greatly aid in attaining this result.

The stops 5 are located at a height sufli ent to clear the castings associated with e rod 10, and do not extend from the wall Q'i' the car a distance suilicicnt to contact with the said rod, as will he ole: r from Fig. 9. The rod 38 freely slides in the guide 40, shown in Fi 8, and the pin 50 for the roller 12 is provided with a head 51 which is hold in position by said rod, as shown.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, the construction is the same as-in the preceding figures, except the lever is omitted, and there is substituted for the casting 28, a casting which is or may be substantially like casting While a rod 56 is secured to th casting 26 by the means shown in stop surfaces 45 and by limiting he and a similar rod 57 is secured to the castmg as by a similar inoar A lever 58 is pivoted to thorod 56 at 59, and to tho rod 5'? at (it).

is Q 'idont that upon moving the lover 03 from its lult ill-i. rasti' lino to its (lotto 1 line position, and :35. as well as tho rods i d to approach said lover .l'iol'ii its dottod ho soparat o. for follows the hinisro lovers aiu Wired to said rods J and resprrtix ol f, as in Fig. '2 the rar door will be oloseal and opened by those inotions as in tho towns of my invention, illustrated in Figs. 1 to The form shown in Fig. (5 prsceding forms but dili'ors t is similar to tho horofrom in being provided with an adjus ing' nieans T for regulating the lougth the connecting" rod 238.

It. obvious ti a osc sl illed in the art t th' ma 'ary tho dot; ls oi construction, as well as the arrangcine: t of parts without departin from the spirit oi? my invention. and therefore I do not wish to be limit :l to tho abovo disclosure except as may be required L 71 a d 1011 perpeiuiioular to its face, tho (.Ulilhll on ot separated, oscillating supporting rods for said tioor movable to ward :rd from such other; castings 1 i ti saii i 'su I run: piioted iovo'r connections botworn rod sup iorts and said door: and in ans ronipriing a lever for changing the distant-e brtwoon said supports and thorobv osoillatingand moving said supports and bodily moving said door in a dirortiou porprinlirular to its face, substantially as doscribrd.

3. In an apparatus for bodily moving a door in a dirortion porpoiulirular to its 'laro.

tho combination of soparatrd, movahlo osrilluring rods for supporting said door: pivoted loror Pouuvrtious hotwoon said rod supports and said door: and moans roinprisi ur a ioror and a sliding (minor-tin; rod for rhong'in; the distant-0 bctworn said supports and thorcbv osrillating and moving said supports and bodily moving said door in a dirortion porpondioul: r to its face, substant y as (lrSrlibQti.

-l. in an apparatus for hodily moving a door in a dirorrion perpendicular to its face, tho ronibination ol soparatod, nirn'able oscillating rods; casting: in which said rods fit; a suppm-ting rail for said castings; levers rigid with s id rods: pivoted connections l-rtwrrn said lovers and sal l door; a connecting rod hotivoon said castings; and a lever assor-iatod with said connecting rod adapted to if. anu'o tho distan otwoeu said castings and osrillaling rods and thoroby cause said door to more bodily in a dircrtiou perpendirular to it taro ibstantiall asdoscribed. 5 in an apparatus For bodily moving a door in a dirortion prrpondirular to its face, the combinationof separated.:novablaosciilating rods: casting in hich said rods fit; a support in rail for d castings; a top I: ido rail; idin ooniuotions between said ro ils and said top guide rail; lovers rigid with said rods: pirotod countersunk connrrtions li'ttWOLIl said lovers and said door: a (onnortingj rod hotwnon said castings; and a loror id connecting rod assoriatod with L adapted to rhaugo tho distant--13 bctweou said lating rods and thoroby a tu: 's

lz-odnv in a direction I 7 V its law. suostatitially as hodii moving iicu ar to its face,

movable, 05- iirh said rods rail said rastings; .ovr-rs ll ul w th (said rods; pivoted counteri iit iiitirli li U i sunk rouuriums brwr Shld levers and said door: stop sin-wires a minted with said irour trrsi. oonnortio adapted to nu i'iaarnt of said door; a '1 id castings; and aid ionuorting rod stanc'o between said and thereby hoiiil in a direction substantially as limit lhc outward ((Hlllit'i'lilif rod botwron a hwor assoriatod witl adapted to rhan g'o tbi.

:auso r porpoiulirular to i dcsrribod.

T. in an r bodily nnwing a door in a dirortioa porpondicida r to its far-e. the combination of soparatod, oscillatingsupporting rods: movable toward and from rarh other: castings in which said rods fit;

aid door to non 'iparatus for a supporting rail for said castings; a top guido rail; connections between said rods and said top rail: loi'ors rigid with said rods: pivoted connoctions comprising countorsunk castings proridod with stop surfaces brtwoon said lovors and said door: a conuortiug' rod la-tv-"oon said Castings: a guide for said rod and a slot associated with one oi said rastings: and a lover co'acting with v aid slot a:-'soriatod with said connecting rod adapted to change tho distance between said castings ;and oscillating rods and thereby cause said door to move bodily in. a direction perpendicular to its vface, substantially as described. 5 :8. In a means for bodily moving car doors-the combination of separated independent castings, one of which is provided with 11 ,slot and a guide; an operating lever coasting With said slot; a rod connecting said castings passing through said guide; 10 and a plvoted connection. between sald rod and lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

i VALLACE Ivi. Witnesses: T. Wrrrmnsroon, JAs. H. Bmcnwoon. 

